Author: Eachard, John.
Title: WORKS, viz. I. The grounds and occasions of the contempt of the clergy and religion enquir’d into; in a letter to R. L. II. Observations on an Answer to the Enquiry; in a second letter to the same. III. Mr. Hobbs’s State of nature considered; in a dialogue between Philautus and Timothy. To which are added Five letters, &c.
Description: London: printed for J. Phillips at the King’s·arms in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, H. Rhodes at the Star, the corner of Bride-Lane in Fleetstreet, and J. Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1705. 11th Ed. Corrected. [6], 111, [1], [6], 151, [1], [10], 113, [1], [2], 76pp. Browning, rebound in modern simulated leather with much of original worn calf laid down to boards. ¶ ESTC T145327. ‘Each [most] part has a separate titlepage and pagination; the register is continuous.’ John Eachard [pseud. T. B.] (bap. 1637, d. 1697), college head, English divine and satirist, noted for his humorous descriptions of the contemporary clergy. He gave amusing illustrations of the absurdity and poverty of the current pulpit oratory of his day. Jonathan Swift alluded to him as a signal instance of a successful humorist who entirely failed as a serious writer.

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